estache

estache

Old French

Alternative forms

• estake, estage

Etymology

From Medieval Latin staca, possibly from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), Proto-Germanic *stakô (“a stake”). Alternatively from Frankish *staka, from the same Proto-Germanic root.

Noun

estache f (oblique plural estaches, nominative singular estache, nominative plural estaches)[1]

1. stake (piece of wood plunged into the ground)
2. strap (piece of material used to attach)

Derived terms

• estachier

Descendants

• Middle French: estache, estaque
  • French: estache, estaque
• Norman: étac (Guernesiais)
• → Middle English: stache, stage

References

1. Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (estache)